Meditation for Juniors

Man is in his actions and practice, as well as in his fictions, essentially a story-telling animal. He is not essentially, but becomes...

... my position is a naturalistic one; I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with...

Rene Descartes makes two clear assertions: that the soul thinks, and that it is a separate entity from the body, yet united together....

I’ve described the factual elements of the Woodenfish program so now I’ll give a more evaluative perspective on the program. Overall, I’d...

“Thus no one can act against the sovereign’s decisions without prejudicing his authority, but they can think and judge and consequently...

The idea that one should seek the truth for its own sake doesn’t make sense to us pragmatists. We cannot regard the truth as the aim of...

Elite capture is an intensely venomous, yet subtly quiet form of oppression whose nature is captured quite eloquently in Olúfẹ́mi O....

Skepticism is a tradition of doubt that requires a suspension of judgment and in more radical forms, forgoes claims to knowledge. In...

Science has been established, explored, and pushed for most of human history, but it is a rare occasion to see an individual question the...

"Presumably to say that happiness is the supreme good seems a platitude, and some more distinctive account of it is still required. This...

"No man can overleap his time, the spirit of his time is his spirit also; but the point at issue is, to recognize that spirit by its...

This essay is written to argue against dystopian collectivism that suppresses the individual. While the ideas I have put forward may not...

Here is an essay I wrote a while back comparing the differing theories of John Rawls and Robert Nozick regarding justice and what is...

Would you rather be smart or wise? Being smart, according to standard definition, constitutes having much intelligence and knowledge,...